Re: Re: Radio clock

["Dave McLaughlin" <dave@xxxxxxx>]

John,

Maplin sell some modules to decode and send via RS232 but expensive. If
you
can programme a microcontroller, you can reduce the cost.

Search for RUGBY on the Maplin website.

Regards
Dave...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 5:22 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Radio clock


> --- In ukha_d@y..., John Poltorak <jp@e...> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know where I can get a radio clock which can be
used
> for
> > setting the time on a computer via the RS232 port?
>
> Ian Bird is building one (on the xAP list), I don't know if he's
> accepting commissions.
>
> Other option is a GPS receiver. Extracting the time signal is easy
if
> the receiver has NMEA output. But the receiver needs a clear view
of
> the horizon, which may be problematic.
>
> Patrick



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